Stove-top.



J. S. VAN BUREN.

STOVE TOP.

APPLICATION men APR.22.1915.

Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

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JAFEW S. VAN BUREN, F ALBANY, NEW YORK.

STOVE-TOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 8,1916.

Application filed April 22, 1915. Serial No. 23,251.

To. all whom it mag] concern:

Be it known that I, AFEw-S. VAN BUREN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Albany, in the county of Albany and State of New'York, have.invented. certainnew 7 and usefulImprovements in Stove-Tops;

and I do declare the following to bee full, clear, and Xact descriptionof theinvention, such as will enablecthers skilled in the art to whichit appertainsto make and use the same. I

My invention relates broadly to improvements in stoves and ranges, andmore particularly to tops therefqnt Heretofore, numerous types of.stoves have been provided with tops. having gratings disposed above thevarious burners thereof, and it has been the general policy to furnishcover plates with; such stoves, whereby the grates may be covered whendesired, thus preventing the flame-from the burners from risingtherethrough. H

Some typesof gratingsrare disposed below the plane in which the top ofthe stove is located, while others project above such a plane, Theresult is that utensils cannot-be readily moved over the top of thestove, since obstructions are encountered. Furthermore, theseobstructions are much more noticeable when the cover platessareappliedto use, since theyzusually-project above the plane in which the top ofthe stove is disposed. Thisoftencauses such plates to be dislocated bythe shifting of a utensil .upon.

the stove.

It is to overcome the difliculties above briefly set forth, that I havedesigned the construction constituting the subject matter of the presentinvention, such construction being hereinafter described and claimed.

In describing the invention, I shall refer to the accompanying drawingwherein like reference characters designate corresponding partsthroughout the various views and wherein Figure 1 is a plan view of astove top con structed in accordance with the invention; said top beingshown as having two gratings to one of which a cover plate is applied;Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section as seen along the planeindicated by the line 2-2 of Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view ofone of the cover plates.

In this drawing, constituting a part of the application, 1 designates arectangular plate constituting the top of the stove, this plate havingone or more circular openings 2 which, when the plate 1 is applied touse, are disposed over the burners of the stove. The plate 1 is shown inthe present embodiment as provided with two of the openings 2 and with athird and smaller opening 3 disposed therebetween and provided with aremovable lid 4. p Substantially spanning the two openings 2, are thegratings which are here shown in the form of a plurality of radiallyextending fingers 5 whose outer ends are integrally joined to lugs 6which depend from the plate 1 adjacent the edges of the openings 2therein. As clearly shown in Fig. 2, the upper sides of the gratings liein the same plane in which the upper side of the plate 1 is disposed,this being advantageous in order to allow utensils to be more readilymoved upon the top of the stove. The outer ends of the fingers 5constituting said gratings, however, are provided with notches 7 intheir upper sides, the inner end walls of said notches being preferablyinclined upwardly and inwardly as seen at 8 while the outer end wallsthereof preferably though not necessarily, incline in the oppositedirection. Operating in conjunction with the grat ings, are the coverplates 9, such plates having their peripheral edges beveled downwardlyand inwardly for contact with the inclined outer walls of the notches 7,while at suitable points spaced around the circumference of said plates9, depending feet or the like 10 are provided, these various feet havinginclined inner sides 11 abutting the inclined inner end walls 8 of thenotches 7 when the plates are applied to use. Leading inwardly from thevarious feet 10, to points near the center of the plates 9, are theslots 12, these slots receiving the upper edges of the fingers 5 whenthe plates are used as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. During such use, it is tobe observed that the feet 10 rest upon the bottom walls of the notches 7and that they are of such height as to support the plates 9 in suchpositions as to cause their upper sides to lie in the same plane inwhich the upper side of the top plate 1 is disposed. It will thus beseen that even though the plates 9 must be necessarily used at times,they will afford no obstruction whatever to the passage of utensils overthe top of the stove.

In the foregoing, I have described certain specific details ofconstruction for producing probably the best results, and in the draw-.ings I have shown such details. It will be evident, however, that Ineed'not be limited thereto otherwise than to the extent to which theappended claims limit me. In the pres; ent application, I have shown theupper edges of the fingers 5 rising through the slots 12 in the coverplates in order to prevent shifting of said plates in respect to saidfingers, but I donot Wish to be confined to this specific construction,it being evident that other types of projections rising into the slotsin the cover plate could Well'be provided for accomplishing the sameresults' From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing, it will be evident that although extremely simpleconstruction has been provided for carrying out the object of-theinvention, the latter will be very efficient in operation and willpossess a number of highly advanta geous features.

I claim 1. The combination with a stove top having a grating, of a coverplate covering said grating and having slots receiving portions thereof.

2. The combination with a stove top having a grating, of a cover platecovering-said grating and having slots receiving portions thereof, theupper side of the plate being dis posed in the plane'in which the top ofthe stove is disposed.

3. The combination with a stove top having a grating whose upper sidelies in the plane in which the upper side of the top lies, of a coverplate having slots recei in'gportions of said grating the upper side ofsaid plate being disposed in the aforesaid plane.

4. The combination with a stove top having therein an opening, and agrating substantially spanning saidopening and including a pluralityofradially disposed fingers provided with notches in their upper sides,of a cover plate having depending feet received by said notches.

5. The combination with a stove top having therein an opening, and agrating substantially spanning said opening and includ ing a pluralityof radially disposed fingers having notches in their upper sides andhaving said upper sides disposedin the plane in which the upper side ofthe top is dis posed; of acoverplate covering said grating and having aplurality ofradial slots receiving the radialfingers, and feebdependingfromthecoverplate into thegaforesaid notches and supporting said plate ta level in which its upper side is located in the-same plane in whichthe upper side ofthe top lies.

' 6. The combination with a stove top 'having an opening therein, and acover plate closing said opening and'having a plurality of apertures, ofrigid supportingprojections rising into the aforesaid apertures for thepurpose set forth.

7; The combinationwitha stove top having therein an opening and-agrating substantially spanning saidopening; ofa-cover plate closingtheopeningand-h-aving a plurality of apertures, and rigidprojections risingfrom the aforesaid-grating intosaid apertures.

In testimony'whereof I-havehereunto set my handin presence of twosubscribing witnes'ses.

JAF'EXV'S. V AN BUREN.

Witnesses:

P; E. BAs'r, GEORGE B.'- SNOWDEN.

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